seaside-hotel.md (1842B)
1 +++ 2 title = "A Lovely Read" 3 date = 2024-04-20 4 [extra] 5 book = "The Seaside Hotel" 6 author = "Michael Holt" 7 finished = 2024-04-17 8 rating = "★★★★☆" 9 +++ 10 11 I had the great privilege of studying under Michael Holt for two years. 12 When, two weeks ago, a friend forwarded me and a fellow student of 13 Holt's [the link to his new book], the three of us immediately purchased 14 copies and instituted a haphazard book club. 15 16 <!-- more --> 17 18 I think it is a very beautiful thing that I am able to read a physical 19 work written by a friend. Holt has done an incredible thing through the 20 creation of this tangible relic of his thought and conciousness. I find 21 it very inspiring. It makes me consider writing in a way more serious 22 than I ever have before. 23 24 The form of the book is independently notable. I am a proponent of 25 compact, purpose-built objects. I love [my Kindle] because its existence 26 is limited to precisely what is necessary and nothing more. [Any object] 27 can be similarly refined. *The Seaside Hotel* is such an object. Its 28 unique dimensions are subtly unsettling, subverting your assumptions to 29 break you into a concious focus. Less poetically: it is small and almost 30 square, light and fun in the hand. 31 32 I read the book sitting on a sunlit porch, and then tucked away 33 stretching out across the length of a light-brown couch. Though I am 34 concerned this says something about my current mental state, *The 35 Seaside Hotel* brought me a feeling of contentment. I recommend it to 36 all. 37 38 Though it almost certainly goes without saying, I am excited to see 39 where Holt goes in the coming years and will follow his works with great 40 interest. 41 42 [the link to his new book]: https://sublunaryeditions.com/products/the-seaside-hotel-michael-holt 43 [my Kindle]: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08B495319/ 44 [Any object]: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07NDLKQC5/